Device Driver Contracts in the South East
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Device Driver in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Device Driver over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our Miscellaneous category for the South East region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
 3 months to
21 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Device Drivers
Rank 201 227 229
Rank change year-on-year
+26 +2
Contract jobs citing Device Driver 19 18 24
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.240% 0.177% 0.234%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.205% 0.935% 1.242%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 1
Average daily rate £300 £225 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+33.33% -27.41%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £278 £313
% change year-on-year
+17.11% -11.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 9 4
Average hourly rate £35.00 £50.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-30.00% +42.85%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year
-11.76% +6.25%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category		 1577 1926 1933
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 19.91% 18.96% 18.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 714 824 798
Average daily rate £375 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.38% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £475 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 126 180 179
Average hourly rate £23.75 £27.50 £31.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-13.63% -12.69%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £12.50 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £45.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £23.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-4.34% -13.20%
Device Driver
England

Device Driver
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Device Driver across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

South East Device Driver Jobs Demand Trend

Device Driver
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Device Driver across the South East region.

South East Device Driver Daily Rate Trend

Device Driver
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Device Driver across the South East region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

South East Device Driver Daily Rate Histogram

Device Driver
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Device Driver across the South East region.

South East Device Driver Hourly Rate Trend

Device Driver
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Device Driver across the South East region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

South East Device Driver Hourly Rate Histogram

Device Driver
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Device Driver within the South East region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		 Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Berkshire +17 8 £275 -
Surrey - 6 £400 -
Hampshire -11 3 - -
Middlesex - 2 £300 -
Device Driver
England

Device Driver
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Device Driver also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Device Driver.

1 32 (96.97%) C++
2 27 (81.82%) C
3 17 (51.52%) Linux
4 14 (42.42%) Electronics
4 14 (42.42%) Embedded Systems
5 12 (36.36%) Embedded Linux
6 11 (33.33%) GLSL
6 11 (33.33%) OpenGL
7 8 (24.24%) DTV
7 8 (24.24%) Windows
7 8 (24.24%) Smartphone
8 7 (21.21%) Embedded Software Development
8 7 (21.21%) Microsoft
8 7 (21.21%) 3G
8 7 (21.21%) UTRAN
9 6 (18.18%) Telecoms
10 5 (15.15%) Perl
10 5 (15.15%) Multithreading
10 5 (15.15%) LTE
11 4 (12.12%) Android
11 4 (12.12%) Windows Vista
11 4 (12.12%) Embedded C
11 4 (12.12%) Embedded C++
11 4 (12.12%) CDMA
11 4 (12.12%) 3GPP
12 3 (9.091%) 3D Graphics
12 3 (9.091%) VHDL
12 3 (9.091%) Software Testing
12 3 (9.091%) Open Source
12 3 (9.091%) Memory Management

Device Driver
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Device Driver also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Device Driver. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 11 (33.33%) OpenGL
2 2 (6.061%) Jini
2 2 (6.061%) Java RMI
2 2 (6.061%) Swing
2 2 (6.061%) XML
3 1 (3.030%) JDBC
3 1 (3.030%) HTML
3 1 (3.030%) J2EE
3 1 (3.030%) Flash
3 1 (3.030%) J2ME
3 1 (3.030%) WAP
3 1 (3.030%) SyncML
3 1 (3.030%) WebSphere
3 1 (3.030%) KML
3 1 (3.030%) Boost C++ Libraries
Application Platforms
1 1 (3.030%) WebLogic
1 1 (3.030%) Apache
Applications
1 1 (3.030%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 7 (21.21%) 3G
1 7 (21.21%) UTRAN
2 5 (15.15%) LTE
3 4 (12.12%) CDMA
3 4 (12.12%) 3GPP
4 2 (6.061%) 4G
4 2 (6.061%) ZigBee
4 2 (6.061%) WiMAX
4 2 (6.061%) 2G
4 2 (6.061%) Bluetooth
4 2 (6.061%) Wireless
4 2 (6.061%) Ethernet
4 2 (6.061%) TCP/IP
4 2 (6.061%) UMTS
5 1 (3.030%) GSM
5 1 (3.030%) SMS
5 1 (3.030%) RTCP
5 1 (3.030%) RTP
5 1 (3.030%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.030%) GIS
Development Applications
1 2 (6.061%) WiX
1 2 (6.061%) Subversion
1 2 (6.061%) NetBeans
1 2 (6.061%) Bugzilla
1 2 (6.061%) JUnit
1 2 (6.061%) Visual Studio
General
1 14 (42.42%) Electronics
2 6 (18.18%) Telecoms
3 2 (6.061%) Automotive
4 1 (3.030%) Manufacturing
4 1 (3.030%) Multimedia
4 1 (3.030%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 11 (33.33%) Software Engineer
2 5 (15.15%) Senior Software Engineer
3 3 (9.091%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 2 (6.061%) Java Developer
4 2 (6.061%) Developer
5 1 (3.030%) DSP Engineer
5 1 (3.030%) Design Engineer
5 1 (3.030%) Software Design Engineer
5 1 (3.030%) Technical Leader
5 1 (3.030%) C Developer
5 1 (3.030%) Linux Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 14 (42.42%) Embedded Systems
2 8 (24.24%) DTV
2 8 (24.24%) Smartphone
3 3 (9.091%) 3D Graphics
3 3 (9.091%) VHDL
3 3 (9.091%) Open Source
4 2 (6.061%) Handset
4 2 (6.061%) Firmware
5 1 (3.030%) N-Tier
5 1 (3.030%) Mathematics
5 1 (3.030%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 17 (51.52%) Linux
2 12 (36.36%) Embedded Linux
3 8 (24.24%) Windows
4 4 (12.12%) Android
4 4 (12.12%) Windows Vista
5 2 (6.061%) VxWorks
5 2 (6.061%) UNIX
6 1 (3.030%) Windows CE
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (21.21%) Embedded Software Development
2 5 (15.15%) Multithreading
3 3 (9.091%) Software Testing
3 3 (9.091%) Memory Management
4 1 (3.030%) E-business
4 1 (3.030%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 32 (96.97%) C++
2 27 (81.82%) C
3 11 (33.33%) GLSL
4 5 (15.15%) Perl
5 4 (12.12%) Embedded C
5 4 (12.12%) Embedded C++
6 2 (6.061%) VC++
6 2 (6.061%) Java
7 1 (3.030%) JavaScript
7 1 (3.030%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (3.030%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.030%) JTAG
Vendors
1 7 (21.21%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.030%) Oracle
2 1 (3.030%) ESRI
2 1 (3.030%) Mapinfo
Senior Software Engineer, Graphics
Weybridge, Staines, Egham, South East
Desired Skills & Experience - Expertise in C and C++ - Expertise in embedded Linux, Linux kernel and device drivers. - Expertise in Graphics with experience in design and development of Graphic...
Brightred Resourcing
Rate: £350 - £450 per day
Posted: 23 April 2013
Senior Software Engineer, Graphics
Weybridge, Surrey
Expertise in C and C++ - Expertise in embedded Linux, Linux kernel and device drivers. - Expertise in Graphics with experience in design and development of Graphic stacks for embedded...
Brightred Resourcing Limited
Rate: From £350 to £450 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Platform Senior Graphics Engineer
Middlesex
Expertise in Graphics with experience in design and development of Graphic stacks for embedded systems including low-level graphics acceleration, OpenGL and its extensions, and GLSL programming... A...
Proteus Europe
Rate: Negotiable
Posted: 17 May 2013
VHDL/Layer 1 Engineer
Hampshire, South East
Working on LTE products.You would be part of a Wireless Platform Group working in the PHY team... Most of the development work is done in VHDL/DSP/...
Computer Futures
Rate: £45 - £55 per hour
Posted: 15 May 2013
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